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Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice

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The Simmons Center at Brown U. is a research center with a public humanities mission focused on understanding the history & legacies of the racial slave trade.

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Anti-Trafficking and ā€œModern Day Slaveryā€ policies/funding cast an extraordinarily large shadow, displacing migrant and sex worker rights. In this op-ed, I discuss how global supply chain transparency efforts facilitate corporate greenwashing at the expense of worker organizing.

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Join our artist talk with Edouard Duval-CarriĆ©, Jess Hill, and RĆ©nold Laurent featured in the CSSJ's 10th anniversary retrospective exhibition Racial Slavery, Marronage, and Freedom on Fri. Sept. 23rd at 4:00 pm. To register: eventbrite.com/e/racial-slave…

Join our artist talk with Edouard Duval-CarriƩ, Jess Hill, and RƩnold Laurent featured in the CSSJ's 10th anniversary retrospective exhibition Racial Slavery, Marronage, and Freedom on Fri. Sept. 23rd at 4:00 pm.

To register:  eventbrite.com/e/racial-slave…
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Join us for a presentation with Bruno Rodrigues de Lima on Black poet and lawyer Luiz Gama and his autobiography detailing his captivity, ultimate escape, and legal work that helped about 500 enslaved people achieve freedom. events.brown.edu/cssj/event/241…

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The CSSJ is hiring! We are looking to fill four positions: Administrative Assistant, On-Call Slavery & Legacy Walking Tour Guide, Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice Education Coordinator, and Symbolic Slave Garden Caretaker. For more information: cssj.brown.edu/get-involved/o…

The CSSJ is hiring! We are looking to fill four positions: Administrative Assistant, On-Call Slavery & Legacy Walking Tour Guide, Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice Education Coordinator, and Symbolic Slave Garden Caretaker. 
For more information: cssj.brown.edu/get-involved/o…
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We invite Brown faculty members to apply for up to $5,000 in funding to support the development or expansion of a course along the themes of the Reimagining New England Histories project. Click here for the project's themes and to apply by Nov. 1st: cssj.brown.edu/get-involved/o…

We invite Brown faculty members to apply for up to $5,000 in funding to support the development or expansion of a course along the themes of the Reimagining New England Histories project. Click here for the project's themes and to apply by Nov. 1st: 

cssj.brown.edu/get-involved/o…
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Visit us at 94 Waterman St, RI, 02912 to check out the CSSJ's new exhibition, "Racial Slavery, Marronage, and Freedom: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective" and its accompanying catalog. The exhibition is on view through Spring 2023. bit.ly/3SOAUmn

Visit us at 94 Waterman St, RI, 02912 to check out the CSSJ's new exhibition, "Racial Slavery, Marronage, and Freedom: A 10th Anniversary Retrospective" and its accompanying catalog. The exhibition is on view through Spring 2023. bit.ly/3SOAUmn
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Join us for a performance by Cherise Morris that explores the ways ancestral wisdoms and a reconnection with indigenous and diasporic nature-based healing practice can guide us forward into a future of ecological harmony and racial justice. Register: eventbrite.com/e/the-cosmic-m…

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The ā€˜Slavery and Legacy Walking Tour’ invites guests this family weekend to learn about the history and legacy of slavery as it pertains to Brown University and the state of Rhode Island. Visit our linktree to register for 9:30 am or 10:30am on Oct. 22 : linktr.ee/cssjatbrown

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The CSSJ congratulates Zach Sell, Visiting Assistant Professor of Slavery and Justice (2021-2022), on winning the third annual Paul E. Lovejoy Prize for his book Trouble of the World: Slavery and Empire in the Age of Capital.: uncpress.org/book/978146966…

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Join the CSSJ in celebration of our 10th anniversary with a performance by Marian Anderson String Quartet. Reception to follow. Details and RegisteršŸ‘‰ eventbrite.com/e/on-being-ens…

Join the CSSJ in celebration of our 10th anniversary with a performance by Marian Anderson String Quartet. Reception to follow. Details and RegisteršŸ‘‰ eventbrite.com/e/on-being-ens…
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Join CSSJ’s Human Trafficking Research Cluster on Feb 2 @ 4pm at Joukowsky Forum at @watsoninstitute for a book talk with Yesenia Barragan, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University. @Y__barragan Elena Shih More>> bit.ly/3jaya6S #freedomscaptives

Join CSSJ’s Human Trafficking Research Cluster on Feb 2 @ 4pm at Joukowsky Forum at @watsoninstitute for a book talk with Yesenia Barragan, Assistant Professor of History, Rutgers University. @Y__barragan <a href="/uhlenna/">Elena Shih</a> More&gt;&gt; bit.ly/3jaya6S #freedomscaptives
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šŸ“¢The Reimagining New England Histories Publication Platform now seeks contributors for collected works based around #Indigenous, #AfricanAmerican, and #AfroIndigenous life and perspectives in #NewEngland. learn more> reimaginingnewengland.com/publication

šŸ“¢The Reimagining New England Histories Publication Platform now seeks contributors for collected works based around #Indigenous, #AfricanAmerican, and #AfroIndigenous life and perspectives in #NewEngland. learn more&gt; reimaginingnewengland.com/publication
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Brown’s Pre- College programs are now free for eligible Providence school students! More on eligibility and application deadline precollege.brown.edu/partners/provi…

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Join us tomorrow for the next CSSJ Fellow Presentation with Marcelo Ferraro, CSSJ/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate. More and register events.brown.edu/cssj/event/251…

Join us tomorrow for the next CSSJ Fellow Presentation with Marcelo Ferraro, CSSJ/Watson Historical Injustice and Democracy Postdoctoral Research Associate. More and register events.brown.edu/cssj/event/251…
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Join us on March 15th for Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail, a book event with award-winning author Dr. Michael Walker. Learn more and register: events.brown.edu/cssj/event/252…

Join us on March 15th for Indefinite: Doing Time in Jail, a book event with award-winning author Dr. Michael Walker. Learn more and register: events.brown.edu/cssj/event/252…
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Join us on March 21st for "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery & War Led to the Emergence of Epidemiology," a presentation by Professor Jim Downs. Learn more: events.brown.edu/cssj/event/251… #cssj #epidemiology #empire #slavery #medicine

Join us on March 21st for "Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism, Slavery &amp; War Led to the Emergence of Epidemiology," a presentation by Professor Jim Downs.  

Learn more: events.brown.edu/cssj/event/251…

#cssj #epidemiology #empire
#slavery #medicine
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Brown University reflects on the work of the Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice over the past decade and its aims for the future in conversation with CSSJ Director, Anthony Bogues. Read article brown.edu/news/2023-03-2…

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We are pleased to announce that the ā€˜Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice’ has been renamed to the ā€˜Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice’ in honor of Brown President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons. More brown.edu/news/2023-03-3…

We are pleased to announce that the ā€˜Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice’ has been renamed to the ā€˜Ruth J. Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice’ in honor of Brown President Emerita Ruth J. Simmons. More brown.edu/news/2023-03-3…
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THIS Weds. 4/12 at 4:00 p.m. Internationally recognized scholar, intellectual, and advocate Dorothy Roberts (Penn) gives the annual Publics Lecture: All of Reproductive Justice. buff.ly/3LUOyo7 Co-sponsored by Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity Dorothy Roberts @SlaveryJustice

THIS Weds. 4/12 at 4:00 p.m. Internationally recognized scholar, intellectual, and advocate Dorothy Roberts (Penn) gives the annual Publics Lecture: All of Reproductive Justice. buff.ly/3LUOyo7 Co-sponsored by <a href="/RaceEthnicity/">Center for the Study of Race & Ethnicity</a> <a href="/DorothyERoberts/">Dorothy Roberts</a> @SlaveryJustice
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Following up on BBC News Africa Eye investigation into anti- #HumanTrafficking orgs working in Lake Volta, Brown University Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice's webinar exposes the ongoing colonial theft, white supremacist violence, and child kidnapping enacted by International Justice Mission & NGOs in the region.

Following up on <a href="/BBCAfrica/">BBC News Africa</a> Eye investigation into anti- #HumanTrafficking orgs working in Lake Volta, <a href="/BrownUniversity/">Brown University</a> <a href="/_simmonscenter/">Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery & Justice</a>'s webinar exposes the ongoing colonial theft, white supremacist violence, and child kidnapping enacted by <a href="/IJM/">International Justice Mission</a> &amp; NGOs in the region.